On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 06:28:09PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> I am in the process of designing a new system.
> There will be a long list of words such as
>
> -word table
> word_id integer
> word varchar
> special boolean
>
> Some "special" words are used to determine if some work is to be done and
> will be what we care the most for one type of operation.
Tough call. The key here is the amount of time required to do a join. It
also depends on if you need all the special words or not. Your best bet
is to try and benchmark both ways.
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